Military Naturalization Statistics

Statistics through fiscal year 2018:

Since Oct. 1, 2001, USCIS has naturalized 129,587 members of the military, with 11,483 of those service members becoming citizens during USCIS naturalization ceremonies in over 30 foreign countries:

Afghanistan Albania Australia Bahrain China Cuba Djibouti El Salvador Georgia Germany Greece Haiti

Honduras Iceland Iraq Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Libya

Mexico Philippines Qatar South Korea Spain Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom

Military statistics by year and location through fiscal year 2018:

Naturalized Service Members

YEAR	TOTAL	USA	ABROAD
FY-02	2,434	2,434	0
FY-03	4,659	4,659	0
FY-04	6,327	6,327	0
FY-05	7,136	6,106	1,030
FY-06	8,538	6,643	1,895
FY-07	5,895	4,541	1,354
FY-08	7,865	6,356	1,509
FY-09	10,505	8,850	1,655
FY-10	11,230	9,819	1,411
FY-11	10,333	9,415	918
FY-12	8,693	8,184	509
FY-13	8,758	8,414	344
FY-14	9,239	8,970	269
FY-15	7,710	7,535	175
FY-16	8,770	8,599	171
FY-17	7,360	7,228	132
FY-18	4,135	4,024	111
TOTAL	129,587	118,104	11,483

 

Service Members Naturalized Abroad

Location of Ceremony	TOTAL	FY-08	FY-09	FY-10	FY-11	FY-12	FY-13	FY-14	FY-15	FY-16	FY-17	FY-18
Afghanistan	1,017	105	183	208	288	99	100	30	4	0	0	0
Albania	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bahrain	23	0	0	2	2	2	6	8	0	1	0	2
China (Hong Kong)	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuba (Guantanamo)	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	7	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
Germany	883	135	137	152	131	87	51	41	30	43	25	51
Greece	16	0	1	2	8	0	0	1	0	2	2	0
Haiti	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iraq	1,840	644	678	427	88	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Italy	175	13	26	26	37	12	10	14	12	11	7	7
Jamaica	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	1,651	349	282	288	224	183	117	55	55	41	28	29
Jordan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo	34	0	0	29	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	417	110	167	58	4	45	5	6	4	4	5	9
Kyrgyzstan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Libya	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philippines	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
South Korea	1,038	149	171	198	107	64	48	104	63	63	64	7
Spain	35	0	1	9	10	3	2	2	1	3	0	4
Thailand	9	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom	11	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
TOTAL	7,204	1,509	1,655	1,411	918	509	344	269	175	171	132	111